View of Gaza skyline as Netanyahu says Israeli Cabinet won’t meet over ceasefire Live view of the Gaza skyline from southern Israel after mediators announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause the war.

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war sparked by Hamas' attack on Israel in October 2023. A deal has finally been reached.

The Israeli Defense Forces and the Shin Bet "located and returned the kidnapped body" of hostage Yosef Al-Zaydani on Tuesday "from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area," the army said in a release Wednesday. Israel said it has also recovered another body and are working to determine whether it is Al-Zaydani's son, Hamza.